Date archives: 15 November 2023

A False Sense of Security? – Part 1

Posted on 15 November 202313 January 2024by bret-mcgee

A decision by my Internet Service Provider (ISP) has left me perplexed. They produce monthly invoices in PDF format and deliver them to me via e-mail and are password-protected using "the last 4 digits of the phone number associated with your account". The password approach is made clear in each e-mail. It's...

AWS Cost Optimisation – Part 1

Posted on 15 November 202315 January 2024by bret-mcgee

Will the upcoming new AWS charges help stop our addiction to IPv4 or is Amazon "taxing fresh air", that is, charging us for something that's hard to give up? Uptake of IPv6 has been painfully slow (see https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-aws-public-ipv4-address-charge-public-ip-insights) but for a user of EC2 for personal services at home I will...